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They use facial recognition on us while we are not allowed to see their faces.

These guys need de-masking.

Does the US legal system still exist in any sense that it should in a democracy?

I ask because I don't understand how all this is possible in a constitutional state: Masked brutes who arbitrarily kidnap people on the open street without even identifying themselves, people who are interned without due process and then often simply disappear without a trace in the administrative system, total surveillance without cause, and many other massive violations that the US legal system seems to enable rather than prevent, as it should.

All of this already looks very much like a dictatorship to me, i.e., an unjust state, as none of this can be possible with a democratic constitution - at least not with one that is actually upheld by the legal system.

An ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien

Cool, so I guess that means I can ignore evidence of the person/people at the door being law enforcement before enforcing my 2nd Amendment rights and state self-defense laws that also allow me to shoot to protect others.

Um, Americans also realize they’re ABDUCTING people without their consent too, right? And have been, for like months now?

Is it illegal to have a facemask? People should start carrying around ski masks in their vehicles in case ICE approaches them. If they claim it's illegal then why the fuck is ICE wearing them?

Time to start wearing face paint / face tattoos that fuck with facial recognition.

Ok time for everyone to dress like ice agents then. Masks for all.

Reminder to everyone that it is COVID season, so wear a mask for your health.

So look, this is just gonna happen. It's legal to film people in public (in the US) and we all know stores, etc. are already using facial recognition.

The real problem here is the (apparent, though almost certainly assured) lack of responsible use of the data. Scanning faces means you also get time, place, and event/activity, and the citizens then have zero control of what the govt does with this, who they share it with (e.g. Palantir), etc. All prior collection of US person data required appropriate approval, limited scope of access, and timely adjudication/disposal. But ICE is (again, apparently) operating outside the law.

As they wear masks....

Remember kids, Juggalo makeup defeats facial recognition. Woop woop!

At this point there is no voting your way back to normal anymore. As others have pointed out, the Democrats will ratchet their way further to the right in order to take office again, and the surveillance state will continue to expand under their authority (albeit somewhat less rapidly)

The lower classes must wake up to this reality and take meaningful steps to remove the ownership class from power once and for all. Holding signs and chanting in a public square during a weekend won't be enough, the rich and powerful must be in fear of losing their wealth and their lives.

If they can, they will. That's the only rule you need to know about business and politics.

Facial Recognition has always been racist this is nothing new in a broad sense.

Serious question, with all this surveillance, would it become a thing to always wear a full mask in public.

I know, feels weird to ask that post pandemic, but here we are.

So hypothetically, what if a bunch of protestors showed up with IC E shirts/pants/etc.... without license plates and started to protest? How would they know who was who at that point?

It doesn't even look that hard to do given how much memorabilia there is online.

Just disguise yourself as your favorite Buck Rogers character.

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